Shingle



L. M. STUFFINGS, DECD.

K, E. STUFFINGS. ADMINISTRATRIX.

SHINGLE.

APPL ICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1921.

1,417,641. Patented May 30, 192

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

LEWIS M. STUFFINGS, DECEASED, LATE OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS, BY KATHERIN E.

STUFFLNGS, ADMINISTRATBIX, F PEOBIA, ILLINOIS. l

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 30, 1922.-

Application filed larch 25, 1921. Serial No. 455,635.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LEWIs M. STUErINes,

formerly a citizen of the United States, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, now deceased, did invent certain new and useful Im rovements in Shingles; I, KATHERINE STUrFmos, of the city of Peoria, county of Peoria, State of Illinois, administratrixof the estate of said LEWIS IV. STUFFINGS, deceased, do hereby declare that the following .is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to-make and use the same.-

This invention relates to improvements in that type of roof covering parts known as shingles, pertaining particularly to shingles made of composition or those manufactured from felt, asbestos, asphalt, and the like.

The purpose of the invention is to mark each shingle atits several edges, as by notching, whereby as each course is laid and without first drawing lines upon the roof as a guide line, as is usually done, the shin les may be applied at :once and with per ect regularity, with a saving of much time and labor.

Another purpose or object is to furnish a shingle with a notch or notches in its edges so disposed that in the act of laying a series of at least three of such shingles, the said notches may be made to register with one another whereby a perfectly lined up job will result.

The accompanying drawing illustrates the improved shingle and the manner of dis posal of several of them with reference to one another. I

Figure 1 shows one of the shingles as seen in perspective,

Figure 2 is a plan of portion of a roof showing the shingles of the invention placed thereon,

Figure 3 is-an end elevation of part of a roof structure, and

shingle as it ispreferred to construct it. At,

each of its shortest edges or what may be termed its ends the shingle is provided with a notch 2 whose width corresponds to the distance the shingles are to be spaced from one another when laid in position, the depth of measurement of said notch being purely arbitrary.

Each of the longest edges of the shingles, termed the side edges, is furnished with two notches 3, 4, those-at opposite sides, designated by the same numeral, being spaced equi-distantfrom the ends as most clearly shown in Figure 4. The distance these notches are spaced from the ends of the shingle nearest which they lie corresponds to the extent of surface of shingle'to be exposed to the weather, it being observed in said Figure 4 that the notches 4, due to the length of all of the shingles, at the end notches 20f the inner ends of two shingles of the group of three shown.

-Again, preferably the notches 3, 4 are triangular ones instead of square as are the notches 2. That is'to' say that edge of the notches 3 and-4 lying nearest the end in which they are formed-'may'be parallel 'to the shingle-ends, the fo'ther 'edge being cut back or slanted toward the ed e of the shingle in the direction of the ot er end thereof. But these notches and the notches 2 may be of other forms if desired.

In Figures 2 and 3, 5 shows any usual gutter and 6't he line of the roof terminating above it at one side. In laying the shingles, the bottoms of the notches 2 at one of their ends are placed in register with said line 6 giving enough overhang to properly carry the water into said gutter; see the relation shown in Figure 3.

If we suppose the width of said notches 2 to be one-half inch, the shingle of the course of shingles first laid down may be spaced that distance apart.

In superimposing each shingle of the next course the notch 2 at one end is placed in register with the space so left between two shmgles in the previous course, so that each side, edge of its said notch is in the same are disposed notches 2 as already explained. This arrangement of notches provides for an absolutely exact laying of shingles with no likelihood of the courses being placed otherwise than exactly in 1ine,and without preliminary chalk lines as guides for shingle laying; i. e., the several notches 2, 4, 4, and the advantage of having at least three points on the shingle by which to guide the mechanic, a more perfect job and faster work is the result than where aline is used upon a common wooden shingle parallel to the shingle-end used as a guide with which arrangement I am familiar. v

The ends of the shingles are identical in appearance so that either end may be used.

.What is claimed is:

1. A shingle provided with an indentation.

midway the width thereof at one of its shortest edges, and having a notch in each of its opposite edges nearest the end remote from that having the first named notch.

3. A shingle having a notch in one of its shortest edges midway of the length of that edge, and also having a notch in each of its longest edges nearest the opposite end of the shingle, each of the said notches being spaced an equal distance from said end.

4. A shingle having a notch in one of its shortest ed es midway the length of that edge, and also having a notch in each of its longest edges each spaced an equal distance from the end of the said shingle remote from that having the first named notch, the distance said notches are spaced from said end corresponding tothe length of shingle to be exposed to the weather at its end having said first named notch.

5. A shingle having at each shortest edge thereof a notch midway the length of that edge, and also havin a. notch in the opposite longer edges thereo? each spaced fromone end a distance corresponding to the extent of shingle length surface to. be exposed to the weather 6. A shingle having at each shortest edge thereof a notch midwaythe length of that edge, and also having two pairs of notches disposed opposite one another in the opposite longer edges, each pair of the opposite corresponding notches bein spaced a distance from one end of the shingle equal to the extent of shingle length to be exposed to the weather. In testimony whereof I affix' my signature in presence of two witnesses.

KATHERINE E. STUFFINGS. Administrative 07' the estate of Lewis M. Stuflings, deceased. Witnesses:

J H. KINGSBURY, L. M. THURLOW. 

